Design

A new, low power, fanless computing platform from Datasound Laboratories is designed to withstand the rigours of industrial applications while providing extensive computer power. Packaged in a heavy duty steel chassis with aluminium flutes which act as a heatsink and brackets for wall/bulkhead mounting, the ACS-2663 uses the1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor supported by up to 2GB DDR memory.

The Silicon Labs’ C8051F7xx family is designed for cost-sensitive high I/O embedded systems and offers a new, patent-pending touch-sensing feature that is robust, accurate, responsive and easy to configure. With up to 54 general purpose I/O pins and a 25 MIPS 8051 CPU, the C8051F7xx family brings a high level of processing power and flexibility to applications such as industrial controls, security systems, home appliances, keyboards, cash machi...

Crossware has enhanced its ARM Development Suite by adding support for the Atmel AT91SAM3U family of ARM Cortex-M3 Flash microcontrollers.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. introduces the PSoC Creator Integrated Development Environment for the new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip families. The unique new design software enables engineers to design the way they think, using schematic-based design capture along with certified, pre-packaged peripherals to keep system creation independent of the target PSoC device.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced two new architectures in its PSoC programmable system-on-chip platform that dramatically increase performance and extend the world’s only programmable analog and digital embedded design platform delivering unmatched time-to-market, integration, and flexibility across 8-, 16-, and 32-bit applications.

GL Communications Inc., announce the release of Multi-Link Frame Relay Emulator - a client-server based software application for T1 E1 hardware platforms.

EnOcean GmbH is presenting its EDK 300 developer's kit for the new bidirectional Dolphin platform. The new kit enables developers to implement energy-autonomous products even easier and faster, assuring them a competitive lead to market. The developer's kit supports the bidirectional TCM 300, TCM 320 and STM 300 modules, and is available immediately.

DFI introduces a new industrial uATX form factor motherboard utilizing the Intel G41 Express chipset with Intel ICH7 I/O controller hub. This new embedded board supports 45nm Intel Core2 Quad and Intel Core2 Duo processors with 800/1066/1333 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), delivering high-performance computing in multi-core enabled application environments.

LSI Corporation has announced immediate availability of LSITM Broadband Access Software Release 8.1 for the family of LSI APP communications processors. The new software supports the IPv6 protocol, including enhanced security and quality of service (QoS) management capabilities that are crucial to the effective delivery of services over IPv6, in addition to supporting IPv4 video, voice and data services.

PLX Technology, Inc., along with digital pioneer ASUSTeK Computer Inc., announced the PLX ExpressLane PEX 8613 PCIe Gen 2 switch is being used on the new ASUS P7P55D Premium motherboard to support the necessary bandwidth and fan-out required of ASUS's latest high-end innovation. The PLX switch enables the P7P55D Premium to provide powerful system design flexibility by using the PEX 8613 switch to act as a reliable high-performance bridge between ...